Week two ended with quite a bit of excitement at Hospital Velez Paiz. We started off Friday by “upgrading” the old Bili-lights donated by previous EWH groups. The phototherapy lights (blue, right) were an EWH design project and came equipped with a batter for portability and reliability during power outages. Our hospital, though, has such an influx of children in the neonatal ward that the lights need to be passed from one child to the next immediately without time to recharge. As we brought a newer version of the light with us as a donation, we were supposed to bring the old lights back for research purposes. But, as the lights were in such high demand, we were asked to replace the batteries with a wall transformer and leave them in service.
After replacing the lights, we were kindly invited to watch an orthopedic surgery on a fractured radius. The surgery was interesting and we even spotted the orthopedic saw we fixed back in service in the OR. Unfortunately there were only enough lead vests for the anesthesiologist and the radiologist to wear so hopefully the rest of us in the room didn’t absorb too much radiation during the shots taken.
Finally, one of our friends from maintenance, Yelba, had a birthday. We had been told earlier in the week that she was having a birthday and that there would be some cake but little did we know that she was throwing quite a party! You can see she is quite content with her enormous cakes (you can see the corner of the second equally massive pastry to her left). The party was complete with over 25 guests from the hospital, salad, pork rinds, blaring music, and a huge pile of presents. Even Caleb, Juan’s son, got to attend because his daycare was closed. He likes Spiderman a lot! (ok, maybe I look like I like Spiderman more).
After replacing the lights, we were kindly invited to watch an orthopedic surgery on a fractured radius. The surgery was interesting and we even spotted the orthopedic saw we fixed back in service in the OR. Unfortunately there were only enough lead vests for the anesthesiologist and the radiologist to wear so hopefully the rest of us in the room didn’t absorb too much radiation during the shots taken.
Finally, one of our friends from maintenance, Yelba, had a birthday. We had been told earlier in the week that she was having a birthday and that there would be some cake but little did we know that she was throwing quite a party! You can see she is quite content with her enormous cakes (you can see the corner of the second equally massive pastry to her left). The party was complete with over 25 guests from the hospital, salad, pork rinds, blaring music, and a huge pile of presents. Even Caleb, Juan’s son, got to attend because his daycare was closed. He likes Spiderman a lot! (ok, maybe I look like I like Spiderman more).
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